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L. STIERINGER & J. H. VAIL.

WIRING INTERIORS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

Patented May 12, 1885.

, INVENTORS,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

LUTHER STIERINGER AND JONATHAB H. VAIL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS OFONE-HALF TO CHARLES F. HANINGTON AND RICHARD N. DYER, BOTH OF SAMEPLACE.

WiRlNG INTERIORS FOR ELECTRlC LlGt-i'lz'i.

.JPECIFILCATEOE" forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,879, dated May12, 1885.

Application filed July 14, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LUTHER STIERINGER and JONATHAN H. Van, both of NewYork city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Wiring Interiors for Electric Lights,ofwhich the following is aspecification.

The object we have in view is a simple and efficient method of runningand supporting wires used in the wiring of houses, vessels, and otherinteriors for electric lights.

Heretofore the simplest manner of running and supporting wires has beento secure them at intervals by metal staples; but these areobjectionable for many reasons. They are liable to be driven againstmetal and to form a source of trouble in producing leaks to ground orcross connections. The metal staples are subject to oxidation, and whenoxidized injure the insulating covering of the wire, and from carelessdriving of the staples the insulation is liable to be abraded. eovercome these objections by the use of staples, loops, or hooks ofinsulating material, which are inserted into the supporting wood-work orother insulating backing at intervals, and are held by wedges ofinsulating material, or by glue or cement; or both the wedges and theglue or cement can be employed Holes are made by a suitable tool toreceive the staples, hooks, or loops, and the wedges or cementingmaterial, or both, hold them firmly. The staples, hooks, or loops can bemade of tough wood, such as hickory or the heart of apple, bent or outin proper form; or whalebone, horn, or other suitable insulatingmaterial can be employed. Loops of cord might be used, but we preferstaples, hooks, or loops of a material having more rigidity than cord.This feature of the invention is applicable to both concealed andexposed work.

A further object of our invention is to pro vide means for doing work ina neat and sub stantial manner.

The wood or metal work of some structures, such as vessels, is exposedconstantly to moisture, and conducting-wires for electric lights, if runin inclosed channels under moldings where the moisture may collect, areinj uriously affected. By this part of our invention we provide amolding orinsulating back forsilpporting the wires off of the structure,and of sufficient width to give the wires a proper separation. Thismolding has parallel face or side grooves which receive the wires, andin 5 5 which they may be held in any suitable way, but preferably bymeans ofour insulating fastenings. The molding is made of wood,strawboard, paper, or other similar insulating material. The wires beingexposed, the moisture which may collect about them is evaporated, whilethe insulating-covering is protected by the sides of the grooves.\Viring done in this way also presents a neat appearance. The facegrooves in the molding are formed so that they will shed water andprotect the wires.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a faceview of a length of molding with wires secured thereto; Fig.

2, a section on a larger scale through one fast- 73 ening, Figs. 3 and4, separate views of the loop and hook, Figs. 5 and 6, cross-sections ofmolding for wall and ceiling.

Arepresents the staple or loop of insulating material, a number of whichare used to fasten 75 the wires B O to the supporting insulatingbackingD. These are secured upon the wires at short intervals and form a securefastening. Wherever a'staple, A, is to be inserted, holes are made in D,and the staple is forced into theholes by liand,straddling the wire. Wedges a are then forced ordriven into one or both holes and are brokenoff.

Glue or cement may be used with or with out the wedges, and the staplesor wedges, or both, may be dipped in glue or cement before being forcedinto the insulating-support.

Hooks E may be used instead of loops, and short lengths of cord, held attheir ends by the wedges, may be employed.

The insulating-backing D is preferably a molding secured to the wall orceiling F of the interior, and having parallel face or side grooves, c,for securing and protecting the wires B G, as explained.

The grooves are formed to shed water, as shown. This feature of theinvention relates especially to molding for side walls, as shown in Fig.5. The wire grooves have their lower sides inclined so that moisturecannot collect in the grooves as it would if the grooves hadhorizontally-projecting sides, while the upper sides of the grooves arehorizontal and form, with the face of the molding, overhanging edgesfrom which the water will drip without entering the grooves.

The molding is made in lengths of wood, straw-board, paper, or othersimilar insulating material.

WVhat we claim is 1. The combination, with supporting insulation, ofelectrical conducting-wires secured thereto at intervals by staples,hooks, or loops, of insulating material, substantially as set forth.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, staples or hooks, of stiff insulatingmaterial, for securing electrical conducting-wiresto a wood or otherinsulating backing or support, such staples or hooks being constructedto embrace the wires and secure them to the insulating backing orsupport by having their points forced into holes in such insulatingbacking or support, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with supporting insulation, of electricalconducting-wires secured thereto at intervals by staples, hooks, orloops and fastening wedges, of insulating material, substantially as setforth.

4. A side-wall molding of insulating material for supporting electricalconductors, having exposed face-grooves for the wires,said grooves beinginclined on their lower sides to permit moisture to run from them,substantially as set forth.

5. Aside-wall molding of insulating material for supporting electricalconductors, having exposed face-grooves for the wires, said groovesbeing inclined on their lower sides to permit moisture to run from them,and having overhanging edges on their upper sides, substantially as setforth.

6. A molding of insulating material having exposed parallel "face orside grooves, in combination with electrical conductingwires, secured insuch grooves by fastenings of insulating material, substantially as setforth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 28th day of June, 1884.

LUTHER STIERINGER. JONATHAN I-l. VAIL. Witnesses:

ALFRED W'. KIDDLE, EDWARD G. ROWLAND.

